Travel photo of the day

Rahmat Gul, The Associated Press02.08.2015

Afghan horse riders compete for the goat during a friendly buzkashi match on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. Buzkashi is a traditional and the national sport of Afghanistan, where players compete to place a goat carcass into a goal circle. It was banned during the Taliban rule.

Rahmat Gul
/ The Associated Press

Bangladeshis on country boats cross the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh.A.M. Ahad
/ The Associated Press

An Afghan refugee child walks back to her family's mud home carrying a basket of soil on her head in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan.Muhammed Muheisen
/ The Associated Press

An Indian man leads his pet monkey on a leash along the seafront in Mumbai. India is part of a global trend that is advancing towards an increasing urbanisation, with more than half of the world's population living in towns and cities.Punit Paranjpe
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A general view of Loch Restil at the top of the Rest and be Thankful in Arrochar, Scotland.Jeff J Mitchell
/ Getty Images

A Thai dancer performs during a parade held in Bangkok to promote tourism. The event was an effort by Thailand’s military-installed government to promote national pride and boost tourism.Sakchai Lalit
/ The Associated Press

Indian tribal Karbi villagers carry a pig to a makeshift Bhelaghar, or a thatched house, for Uruka feast as part of the Bhogali Bihu celebrations at the Goroimari Lake in Panbari village, some 50 kilometers east of Gauhati, India, “Bhogali Bihu” marks the end of the harvesting season in the north eastern state of Assam.Anupam Nath
/ Sakchai Lalit

A woman walks past lights decoration set up as part of an ice carvings festival held inside the Worker's Stadium in Beijing.Ng Han Guan
/ Sakchai Lalit

A man walks along the famous Dark Hedges avenue of trees in Antrim, Northern Ireland after a heavy snowfall.Charles McQuillan
/ Getty Images

An Indian Sikh devotee prays as he takes a dip in the holy sarover (water tank) during the Maghi Mela at the Sikh Shrine Golden Temple in Amritsar. The Maghi Mela follows the Lohri or harvest festival and commemorates fighters killed in the Battle of Khidrana fought between the Mughal army and the 10th Sikh Guru, Gobind Singh Ji in 1705.Nanu Narinder
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A young girl watches a river dolphin swimming by at the aquarium of the Zoo in Duisburg, German.Frank Augstein
/ The Associated Press

Ukrainians fish in the frozen river Dnipro in Kiev, Ukraine.Efrem Lukatsky
/ The Associated Press

An Indian villager shows his catch as he participates in the community fishing as part of the Bhogali Bihu celebrations at the Goroimari Lake in Panbari village, some 50 kilometers east of Gauhati, India. “Bhogali Bihu” marks the end of the harvesting season in the north eastern state of Assam. (AP Photo/)Anupam Nath
/ The Associated Press

A Indian Hindu devotee performs rituals after a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges and Yamuna, to mark Makar Sankranti festival during the annual traditional fair of "Magh Mela" in Allahabad, India. Hundreds of thousands of devout Hindus are expected to take holy dips at the confluence during the astronomically auspicious period of over 45 days celebrated as Magh Mela.Rajesh Kumar Singh
/ The Associated Press

Visitors walk in the courtyard of Ahmad Ibn-Tulun Mosque, one of the oldest mosques of the city and the largest in size, in Cairo, Egypt.Mosa'ab Elshamy
/ The Associated Press

Fog covers the valleys near Schmitten in the Taunus mountains, central Germany, while wind turbines are seen in the background.Frank Rumpenhorst
/ DPA/The Associated Press

The waning moon is setting over the mountain "Les Cornettes de Bise" located at the border of the Haute-Savoie and the Valais canton of Switzerland in the Chablais Alps, photographed from Glutieres, Switzerland.Anthony Anex
/ Keystone/The Associated Press

Indian villagers pass through a mustard field in the Jushi area, near Allahabad. Mustard is an annual herb, cultivated as an oil seed crop or as vegetable or as fodder.Sanjay Kanojia
/ AFP/Getty Images

A woman walks under the snow in Istanbul, Turkey.Bulent Kilic
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A Nepalese woman makes a traditional carpet outside her home in the village of Khokana, on the outskirts of Kathmandu. The traditional Newari village, which has retained its culture and traditions, is likened to a living museum with many of the villagers' daily activities taking place outside their dwellings.Prakash Mathema
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Sikh devotees stand in a queue to offer prayers at a gurudwara, or Sikh temple, on the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh, Sikhism’s tenth and last Guru in Jammu, India.Channi Anand
/ The Associated Press

An Indian streetfood vendor waits for customers with his handcart adorned with an idol of Hindu God Lord Shiva in the old quarters of New Delhi.Sajjad Hussain
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An egret takes off near a black-necked stork at Pobitora wildlife sanctuary about 55 kilometers, east of Gauhati, India. Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary is said to be an important bird spotting area.Anupam Nath
/ The Associated Press

A pair of harbor seals are exhibited at the Central Park Zoo in New York. The juvenile seals, Adam and Anson, were born at the New York Aquarium in Brooklyn. Though not endangered, harbor seals are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.Julie Larsen Maher
/ The Associated Press